About the Author

SIGNE RINK (née Miller) was born in Greenland in 1836. At seventeen she was sent to Denmark to be educated. While there she met and married Johannes Rink, the geologist. Together they returned to Greenland and began many initiatives, including the first newspaper and in-depth studies of the Greenlandic culture. She is considered the first female interpreter of Greenlandic culture. TORBEN HUTCHINGS is part Danish and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He gave up a career in chemistry to work as a freelance translator and run a small market stall.